Management of vascular malformations Diagnosis, treatment strategies & outcome measurement

Thesis (complete)

Front matter

Chapter 1: General introduction and outline of the thesis

Chapter 2: Discrepancy between the clinical and histopathologic diagnosis of soft tissue vascular malformations

Chapter 3: Complications of pregnancy and labour in women with Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome: A nationwide cross-sectional study

Chapter 4a: Sclerotherapy for low flow vascular malformations of the head and neck: A systematic review of sclerosing agents

Chapter 4b: Intralesional bleomycin injections for vascular malformations: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Chapter 4c: Patient-reported outcomes of bleomycin sclerotherapy for lowflow vascular malformations and predictors for improvement

Chapter 5: Compression therapy for congenital low-flow vascular malformations of the extremities: A systematic review

Chapter 6: Shared decision-making in the management of congenital vascular malformations

Chapter 7: Electrosclerotherapy for capillary malformations: Protocol for a randomized within-patient controlled pilot trial

Chapter 8: Electrosclerotherapy as a novel treatment option for hypertrophic capillary malformations: Proof of concept

Chapter 9: Development of an international core outcome set for peripheral vascular malformations (OVAMA project)

Chapter 10: Outcome measurement instruments for peripheral vascular malformations and an assessment of the measurement properties: A systematic review

Chapter 11: General discussion and future perspectives

Chapter 12: Summary; Dutch summary (Nederlandse samenvatting)

PhD portfolio; List of publications; List of co-authors; Acknowledgements (dankwoord); Curriculum vitae